_Regulation · Operational restriction_

# North Carolina UAS law (N.C.G.S. 15A-300.1 + 63-95/63-96)

Canonical ID: `cc111af0-ed00-4624-b02e-2b7b33c3e0a3`

- **Jurisdiction:** [North Carolina](/locations/united-states/north-carolina.md) (id: `f320265d-5dbc-42aa-952f-74ef6d536583`)
- **Kind:** `operational_restriction`
- **Status (derived):** in_effect
- **Effective:** 2014-08-01

North Carolina's drone law, enacted 2014 via Session Law 2014-100, covering two dimensions across two code chapters: privacy/surveillance (N.C.G.S. 15A-300.1, restrictions on UAS surveillance with a civil cause of action) and operation (N.C.G.S. 63-95/63-96, requiring an FAA knowledge test and a state permit for government and non-recreational/commercial UAS operation). Modeled here as one comprehensive North Carolina drone-law entity covering both the operation and privacy dimensions.

## Sources (4)

1. https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-300.1.html
2. https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-300.1.pdf
3. https://law.justia.com/codes/north-carolina/2014/chapter-63/article-10/section-63-95
4. https://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/warrantless-use-of-drones/

## Status history

- **in_effect** · 2014-08-01 · editor:DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 5b-3 drone + PDD state laws)
    - North Carolina UAS law (operation + privacy) in effect since Session Law 2014-100 (2014).

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